Two Twin Cities food trucks up for national rookie honor

Two Minnesota food trucks are vying with mobile eateries from around the country for rookie-of-the-year honors from Mobile Cuisine, a food-truck-focused website.

Messy Giuseppe in St. Paul and Bloomy’s Roast Beef in Minneapolis are two of 18 national contestants up for the Mobile Cuisine 2012 Food Truck Rookie of the Year award. This is the second year Mobile Cuisine has hosted the competition, which is awarded by Internet voting.

More than 4,500 people have voted for their favorite truck as of Monday, Jan. 7. The family-run Italian food truck Messy Giuseppe has 91votes so far, and the diner-style food truck Bloomy’s has 113. (The current leader, Ice-Cubed of Chicago, has 900 votes.)

The food truck owners from both businessess are excited that they are in the competition, especially because the Minnesota season is so short, said Mike Delmont, 49, who runs Messy Giuseppe with his brother Rob Delmont, wife, and other family members .

Voting closes at midnight Jan. 18, and the winner receives the title and a profile interview with Mobile Cuisine.